The Mary Hartline show (December 1950)

Christmas episode of "The Mary Hartline show", a 15-minute kid show. In this local program from Chicago's WENR-TV Channel 7, Mary is assisted by musician Chet Roble. The show aired weekdays from 4-4:15 p.m. and apparently lasted only till summer of 1951.

Now, seeing this self-titled daily show of her's reinforces my feelings all over again...as an older, not 10 year old, male of the species.

What many don't know is that Mary suffered from Polio as a young girl, and eventually recovered. BUT, watching her sit down for most of this program, I wondered if there were still some residual effects from her illness at the time these shows were produced.

Whatever, she is just plain BEAUTIFUL ! AND, the show moves along, would have been really good for kids on that era (IF they had a TV Set !), and is pleasant to watch 61 years later.